The fall guys
Article Abstract:
Floor contractors do not indicate the risks involved with their products in their technical specification documents and loosely term their product anti-slip. New guidelines on slip-resistance will be issued by the UK Slip Resistance Group (UKSRG), which will provide for a benchmark on what constitutes slipperiness by using a roughness meter.
Publication Name: Architects' Journal
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0003-8466
Year: 2005
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Made in the shade
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Products to eliminate glare in offices in the United Kingdom are compared for efficiency with the new American Koolshade louvres. At 100% intensity, heat gain with Koolshade is just 14% as compared to 46% with Venetian blinds and 66% with tinted glass.
Publication Name: Architects' Journal
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0003-8466
Year: 2004
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Muck and brass
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A report is presented on the soil treatment techniques employed in the remediation of contaminated land. Soil washing, thermal treatment and biological remediation are some of the measures explained.
Publication Name: Architects' Journal
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0003-8466
Year: 2005
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